Robert Butler (criminal)

Robert Butler (c. 1851 – 17 July 1905) was a New Zealand-Australian career criminal and murderer. He was born in either Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland or Bury, Lancashire, England on c. 1851. He was suspected of murdering a family of three in New Zealand in 1880, but was acquitted. However, Butler did receive an 18-year sentence on unrelated charges. Butler was released from prison in 1896, after which he returned to Australia. He was executed for another murder in 1905.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

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References
  1. Brian. "Robert Butler". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. "CASUAL CHRONICLES. Special. IN THE EARLY DAYS. JAMES WARTON, ALIAS ROBERT BUTLER, AND SEVERAL OTHER ALIASES--THE TOOWONG MURDER--THE CRIMINAL OF A CENTURY". Truth. No. 751. Queensland, Australia. 5 July 1914. p. 10 (City Edition). Retrieved 26 December 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "THE TOOWONG MURDER. Warton to be Hanged". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 18, 395. Victoria, Australia. 30 June 1905. p. 6. Retrieved 26 December 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
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  6. "ROBERT BUTLER'S WEIRD PHILOSOPHY OF MURDER, Life as of No Greater Value than a Dog's, Escaped Conviction for Double Murder by His Own Ingenuity and Acumen, Then. Shot a Man at Toowong and Met Death on Scaffold (By HENRY BATESON)". Daily Standard. No. 6568. Queensland, Australia. 3 February 1934. p. 6. Retrieved 26 December 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. "Schoolmaster Who Took to Murder. By the Late H. B. IRVING, Criminologist". The World's News. No. 985. New South Wales, Australia. 30 October 1920. p. 22. Retrieved 26 December 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
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